ropose to give
to the girls intrusted to them _a moral education without ever speaking
to them of religion!_ And this is the system of education which people
are anxious to spread throughout France, and even in this country also.
But, though we hope they will not succeed, can we feel fully confident
that we shall escape the contagion, when we remember that this system is
no other than the "_mixed system_," and when we bear in mind the
untiring efforts which are made to develop and consolidate that system
in Ireland in every branch of education, from the university, through
the model-school, down to the humblest village-school? Read the
description of the schools in France, of which we are speaking, and say,
does it not apply to every school, even in Ireland, where the mixed
principle is thoroughly carried out?

"The printed prospectus of these schools" [continues the most
reverend writer] "clearly explains the advantages of
professional education, while it hides the religious danger
under vague expressions of an apparent liberality, such as the
following: '_The school is open to children of all persuasions,
without religious distinction_.' The meaning of which words is
no other than that in these schools, where children are kept
from the twelfth to the eighteenth year of their age, and for
ten hours every day (from eight A.M. to six P.M.), God and the
Gospel shall be treated as if they never existed; not only
religion shall never be mentioned, but these girls shall be
taught morality independent of any dogmatic faith, any
religion....

"The second engine used by the enemies of religion in France
for the maintenance and spread of infidelity, is the
Educational League. This League has been introduced from
Belgium into France by the Freemasons and the
'Solidaires'--the members of an impious association, the avowed
object of which is to prevent persons from receiving the
sacraments, or any of the sacred rites of the Church, in life
or in death. The Educational League, with a wonderful spirit of
propagandism, has established throughout France libraries and
courses of instruction for men and for women, and even for
girls and young children. On their banner is inscribed 'Spread
of Education'; but under this device is hidden the scheme of
propagating irreligion. The founder of the 'League' in